Bonham Internal Drainage October 16th, 1974
Report - Ald. Keryluk - cont'd. Page - 2 ~

2. Hyde Creek:
(a) Looking at Hyde Creek at the Cedar Ditch confluence at high water

stage in the DeBoville Slough, natural gravity flow is not possible
without.a backwater effect on the Cedar Drive Ditch as well as Hyde
and Smiling Creeks (Cedar Drive Ditch will be corrected, as proposed,
- by raising Cedar Drive approximately 3 feet from the junction of
Hyde Creek to the Whyte residence). To prevent flooding from Hyde
- Creek to adjacent houses in the vicinity of the Lincoln Park School,
the Report proposes that the dyke along Hyde Creek be raised a

-minimum of 2 feet above the highest calculated backwater elevation

for an approximate distance of 1,100 feet (Fig. 4944-28 in the Report)

through the dedicated.Nature Area with a'12 foot surface if vehicle
access is required; 5 foot surface if vehicle access is not required.
Introduction of heavy construction equipment, removal of ‘treés to

- make way for a higher and wider. dyke would so ravage this portion of

the Nature Area that the end.result would not be acceptable to the

eitizens of Port Coquitlam.

Recommendation: This portion of the drainage system must be re-

designed to avoid the backwater build-up as proposed in the present

‘plan.
(b). Hyde Creek at freshet has been functioning at capacity for several

years. It is not inconceivable that while construction is underway

to correct flooding in the largely rural area along the Pitt River,

Hyde Creek could run rampant .in the heart of the residential north

area of Port Coquitlam.

Recommendation: An immediate G.V.R.D. study of -the run-off of the
South slope of Burke Mountain followed by corrective measures
through Provincial funding to avert major flooding in Port

Coquitlam by waters originating outside our boundaries.

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